THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

“Prior to capitalism, the way people amassed great wealth was by looting, plundering and enslaving their fellow man. Capitalism made it possible to become wealthy by serving your fellow man.”

— Walter E. Williams

BIRTHDAYS:

1502 Pieter Coecke van Aelst, Flemish artist, architect and designer of tapestries and stained glass (court painter to Holy Roman Emperor Charles V).

1705 Václav Matyáš Gurecký, Bohemian composer, born in Přerov, Kingdom of Bohemia.

1755 Nicolas-Jacque Conte, French painter and inventor (modern pencil).

1799 Olof Wilhelm Uddén, Swedish composer. Jagtsång

1792 Percy Bysshe Shelley, English writer who is considered one of the major English Romantic poets.

1834 John Venn, English mathematician (Venn Diagram).

1901 Louis Armstrong, American trumpeter and vocalist. He was among the most influential figures in jazz. What A Wonderful World

MISCELLANEOUS:

YES, THEY ARE. A Century Ago, The ‘Scopes Monkey Trial’ Shook The Nation. The Stakes Are Just As High Today.

THE COVID 19 INJECTIONS AND LOCKDOWNS BEGAN ON MARCH 15, 2020. THE TRAGEDY THAT ENSUED WAS ENTIRELY AVOIDABLE. TO ANYONE CONSIDERING DOING THIS AGAIN IN THE FUTURE – HERE IS A HOMEWORK READING ASSIGNMENT:

Nuremberg Code (1947)

Disease Mitigation Measures in the Control of Pandemic Influenza (2006)

Great Barrington declaration (2020)